National E-Vidhan Application (NeVA)

Syllabus

Prelims – Current events of National importance | Indian Polity.

Mains – GS II – e-Governance and applications & Parliament | State legislatures conduct of Business.

Why in News?

Delhi becomes the 28^th legislature to join the national e-vidhan application platform.

• NeVA platform – It is a work-flow system which helps the Chair of the House to conduct the proceedings of the House smoothly.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
• Umbrella Scheme – It is one of 44 Mission Mode Projects under the Digital India Programme.
• Objectives – To conduct Legislative Business of the House in a Paperless manner.
• To enhance legislative procedures by promoting greater efficiency, accessibility, and sustainability.
• Hosted on – Meghraj 2.0, India’s cloud infrastructure, ensuring robust scalability, security, and data integrity.
• Tagline – One Nation One Application.
• Features – It provides real-time access to key legislative documents, such as agendas, bills, and reports.
• It features a secure digital repository, safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of legislative data.
• It offers multilingual capabilities, catering to the linguistic diversity across states and regions.
• Its device-agnostic nature allows it to be accessed seamlessly across smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
• mNeVA – It is a user-friendly Mobile App of NeVA which is available on Android as well as on iOS.
• Significance – It will help in streamlining legislative functions and enables seamless coordination among legislators and secretariat staff.
• It will contribute to enhance transparency and accountability within legislative processes across the nation.
• It would help in saving lakhs of trees annually promoting cleanliness and achievement of UNDP Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Reference

PIB| Delhi Joins NeVA Platform